VP, UHNW Education Partnerships & Campus Growth

Alpha School; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 311,000 - 388,000; Full time

Job summary

Alpha School seeks a Vice President of Strategic Partnerships to own the parent relationship portfolio at a single campus—Miami. You will build local awareness with families, drive admissions end‑to‑end, and turn enrolled parents into public champions of 2 Hour Learning.

You will manage escalations with tact, preserve the model, and document precedents for the network. Requires 7+ years in private/independent education or related UHNW client work, and US work authorization.

Qualifications

• 7+ years leading high-stakes relationships in private or independent K-12 education, fundraising or major gifts, enterprise sales, client success, or private wealth management
• 2+ years working directly and regularly with ultra-high-net-worth or similarly high-expectation families, such as full-pay families at an elite private school, family‑office clients, wealth‑management clients, or major donors
• Proven ownership of measurable enrollment, retention, advocacy, sales, or client outcomes, including resolving sensitive situations and holding firm standards when influential people push back
• Polished executive communication, consultative judgment, and genuine conviction in Alpha's accelerated learning model, with the confidence to represent it to skeptical parents and public stakeholders
• Living in the Miami, Irvine, Park City, Boca Raton, Palm Beach, Tulsa, Austin, Los Angeles, Burlington (VT), Las Vegas, Jackson Hole, Bay Area, Philadelphia, San Juan, Chicago, Tampa/St. Petersburg, or Kansas City metro area
• Authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship; and available for full-time on‑site work, including 2 to 4 evening or weekend events per month

Responsibilities

• Build a metro where Alpha families are 2 Hour Learning’s loudest advocates — and where no parent crisis is resolved by compromising the model.
• Lead local partnerships with family offices, private clubs, and independent advisors, plus workshops and community events that generate inbound interest
• Run admissions for wealthy families end to end: info sessions, 1:1 follow-up in the CRM, and the enrollment decision, including telling a family this is not the right school for their child
• Turn enrolled parents into public champions of 2 Hour Learning through advocacy workshops and parent-to-parent networks
• Resolve escalations by diagnosing the root cause, engaging the family directly, and documenting precedents for network-wide use
• Maintain strong connections with current families and report patterns to leadership

Job description

Alpha School seeks a Vice President of Strategic Partnerships to own the parent relationship portfolio at a single campus—Miami. You will build local awareness with families, drive admissions end‑to‑end, and turn enrolled parents into public champions of 2 Hour Learning.

You will manage escalations with tact, preserve the model, and document precedents for the network. Requires 7+ years in private/independent education or related UHNW client work, and US work authorization.